The fourth book titled "Rumah Azan". Published in April 2009 by the company Karnadya with the help of Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, this book features beautiful pictures along with stories behind selected mosques which could be related to the history of Islam and the Malays and the formation of the nation of Malaysia.

My fifth book "Ahlul Bait (Family) of Rasulullah SAW and Malay Sultanates" was published early 2010. It is a translation of the Malay-language book "Ahlul Bait (Keluarga) Rasulullah SAW dan Kesultanan Melayu" authored by Hj Muzaffar Mohamad and Tun Suzana Othman turned into English for the international market.

Like my fourth book "Rumah Azan", the sixth book "Kereta Api Menuju Destinasi" is also a coffee-table book which is published by the company Karnadya with the cooperation of Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (the main Malay literary body in Malaysia). Coming out January 2011 it features pictures and stories on the adventure travelling by train to all of Peninsular Malaysia along with the interesting places which could be reached this way.

Latest : The "Berpetualang ke Aceh" series of novels could now be obtained in e-book form. Enter http://www.e-sentral.com/, click general novel and go to page 4. You can also type the word "Aceh" at the search box. Or click straight Book 1, Book 2 and Book 3.

Ratu Boko (which means ruler of) Boko is a mysterious figure in the history of Jawa. The Indonesia writer, KH Fahmi claimed his (or her) majesty is Ratu Balqis (known in the West as the Queen of Sheba)

Coverage of vast area forced me to spread out the pictures and stories making a number of articles in the blogspot BERPETUALANG KE ACEH. Look at the list below. For information this is the 1,310th article in this blogspot.

To facilitate visitors old and new to enjoy the collection of articles available in this page, let pictures, bits of explanation and links for selected articles be submitted here. Please click at the title to get to the article...

How many know in Kelantan there exist a beautiful mosque built by the Sultan of Brunei? In fact very few Kelantan locals even know about the existence of the mosque in some backwater place. The question is, why did the Sultan of Brunei built such a beautiful mosque at a place not many people know?

Sila bersuara di sini (Let's have your say here)

Pictures and information of places are also available in the blogspots CATATAN SI MERAH SILU and BERPETUALANG KE ACEH. Please use the "search blog" facility available at the top left side of the blogspots.

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A pure mathematics graduate from the University College of London who previously never made any writing except what was demanded at examinations suddenly found himself totally losing interest in hard science, pulled instead towards spiritual thoughts. Not knowing what next, he became a journalist for the major Malaysian daily The New Straits Times and actually stayed there for 5 years. After a while circumstances initiated him into the mysteries of Sufism, another word for Islamic spirituality. Also he was pulled to study his roots so much so that he started visiting and sleeping at old tombs all around Malaysia.
Now he is a full-time writer but prefers to call himself a full-time bum as it is easier to explain what he is up to that way...

Tun Teja is known as the beautiful Pahang princess carried away by the legendary warrior Hang Tuah to be handed to the Sultan of Melaka. So why was her body laid to rest somewhere in the middle of a padi field in Merlimau?

Although this blogspot was originally built to feature things regarding olden Malay architecture especially that of houses, this scribe found out that there's many other things to be shared. Places or buildings with unique qualities of art seen while travelling anywhere or everywhere are given attention. Here are some examples...

What is so special about the well of Hang Tuah? Why do people like to use its water as medicine? What's all this to do with the mosque of Duyung nearby and the mosque of Kampung Hulu in the middle of the city of Melaka?

For whatever reason, I'm attracted to the Malay architecture of certain areas where there are tounge-like carvings jutting out from each corner of the roofs of houses or mosques. It is apparent there's many such buildings in Perak...

A trip made 30th June till 2nd July 2015 to visit tombs and places which must be stepped on by a Sultan of Perak upon coronation, that is along the river of Perak, from upstream to downstream. The trip was made taking opportunity upon the coronation of the 35th Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Shah which happened early May. This is because all the tombs and places which must be visited have been beautified or renovated for the coronation.